Improvement in ironing-tables



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Ironing-Table. No.165,5ll. Patemedxulymnss.

" NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC.

CHARLES RUMENS, 0F INDIANAIGLIS,'INDIANAv IMPRVEMENT IN IRONINGTABLES.

Specification forming part lof Letters Patent No. 165,51 l, dated July13, 1875 application filed June 8, 1375.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES RUMENS, of the city of Indianapolis, Marioncounty, Indiana, have invented an Improvement in Ironing-Boards, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The nature and object of the invention will be fully understood from thefollowing general description and the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a top view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection with a part of a table; Fig. 3, a transverse section of thesame.

The top a of the board is of the usual form. On the bottom, at m, thereare fastened two strips of wood lengthwise on the board, so as form adovetail-shaped slot from c to d, as shown at m in Figs. 2 and 3. d is ablock, fastened on the under side of the board a at its wide end, asshown in Fig. 2. To this, by means of the bolt b, is fastened the blocke. This block e has a rabbet cut in it to accominodatef, the top of thetable, to which it is secured by the set-screw s. The blocks d and e arenot fastened together so tightly but that the board may be swung aboutto either side d, turning upon block e. i is a supportingblock, the topof which is so formed that it will tit in the dovetail slot at m, andmay be moved back and forth between blocks c and d at pleasure. Thewhole device to be as shown in the drawing.

To use this device, it is fastened on the table f by the set-screws, asshown in Fig. 2, with the small end extending over the top of the table.The operator, it' it be desired to iron any continuous garment, such asa skirt or the like, can either swing the board around Vuntil the blockr clears the table, when the skirt In an ironing-board, the combinationof the top (t, the blocks d and c, tbe bolts b ands, the dovetail slotatm, and the block 1', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing vspecification I have hereuntoset my hand this 25th day of February, 1875.

CHARLES RUMENS.

Attest:

FRED WERBE, F. M. MCDONALD.

